Police have confirmed investigating the burglary of Rodney MP Mark Mitchell's office.

Children may have been put at risk when they were transported in a car with a sawn-off shotgun concealed under a mat, police say.

Blues rugby player Peter Saili is alleged to have beaten a 13-year-old boy whom he caught burgling his home.

Too scared to sleep in his own home after a violent invasion, a 73-year-old man is seeking the public's help to track down the attackers.

A judge has apologised for chuckling during the sentencing of a chip shop burglar who was caught after becoming trapped in an extraction vent.

An Auckland woman who admitted stealing nearly $4.5 million from the transport company she worked for has been sentenced to over four years' jail.

The bra fence in the Cardrona Valley has been ransacked, with hundreds of bras being removed one night last week.

Counties Manukau police have busted an Auckland-wide "chop shop" believed to be trading stolen cars with false plates.

The enormity of offending against a Palmerston North law firm is still sinking in, following the successful prosecution of one of their long term staff members.

An Auckland lawyer, struck off the register for fiddling with client funds, has today admitted criminal charges laid over his substantial stealing.

Photos of two New Zealand men posing with a number plate in the Cook Islands are being investigated by police after they were posted on Facebook.

A would-be burglar was the architect of his own demise this morning when he became wedged in a vent as he broke into a fish and chip shop.

A woman who spent more than $1 million of her sister's money and used her Pauanui bach to get banks loans has been jailed for four years and three months.

An office worker who stole $1.1 million from a Canterbury family firm to fund a spiralling gambling addiction has lost an appeal against her jail sentence.

One of New Zealand's most notorious female fraudsters has lost an appeal against her jail term for working as a prostitute while on home detention.

A "witch doctor" who conned vulnerable people into giving her £1m to pay for spiritual cures for their serious health problems is facing a substantial jail term.

A former taxi driver has been charged with theft and making a false statement to police after claiming he was attacked and robbed of $700.